Dear Quaisra,

Are you looking for the "List of the sacred relics kept in the Lahore Fort together with a brief history of the same" 7-paged catalogue by Faquir Saiyad Jamal alDin? It is a booklet printed by "Сivil and Military Gazette Press" in 1877.

You can find a digital copy here:
 http://real-ms.mtak.hu/12551/1/000760828.pdf

(See also Muslim Studies, by Ignac Goldziher, http://documentslide.com/documents/goldziher-muslim-studies-2.html)

One of the richest treasuries of such precious objects is the PadishahI mosque at Lahore. I have in front of me a printed booklet with the title List of the sacred relics kept in the Lahore Fort together with a brief history of the same, by Faquir Saiyad Jamal al- Din (Lahore, Civil and Military Gazette Press, r877, 7 pp.). This booklet contains a catalogue of the relics kept in the mosque at Lahore, seven of which belong to the Prophet himself, three are traced to 'Ali, including a sipara of the Koran written by 'All himself, two items are 'things belonging to the Lady of Paradise, the daughter of the Prophet,' five belong to the Imam al-I;fusayn, three to Ghawth al-A (evidently 'Abd al-Qadir GUanI); there follow eight items called 'miscellaneous' of which a tooth of Uways al-Qarani (d., above p. r40) is probably the greatest oddity. These sacred treasures, which are said to have been partly taken from the caliphal city by Timllr during the siege of Damascus in r40r and partly given to him as presents by the emissaries of the defeated sultan Yildirim Bayazid, were taken to India by Timiir's great descendant Babur.

Hope it may help,

Yan S.


J> Can anyone suggest how best our correspondent can find the CMG article he is looking for ?

J> Good wishes to all

J> John R

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>> From: Qaisra Khan <[log in to unmask]>
>> Date: 23 March 2017 at 11:47:15 GMT
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: civil and military gazette

>> Hello-

>> I came across your website with great interest and wondered if I could ask you a question? You may know the answer to it.

>> I was looking for a specific article in the civil and military gazette from 1877 which I cannot seem to locate. I wondered if you may have ever come across it, or if you have access to the archive of the gazette? It is a 7 page article by Faquir Saiyad Jamal alDin on the relics in the Mosque of Lahore.

>> You must get lots of random requests so I apologise in advance, but any help at all would be  much appreciated.

>> Kind regards,
>> Qaisra Khan